# Social Compass

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{{Infobox journal
| title = Social Compass
| cover = Social Compass.jpg
| editor = Caroline Sappia
| discipline = [Sociology of religion](/source/Sociology_of_religion)
| caption = 
| former_names = 
| abbreviation = Soc. Compass
| publisher = [SAGE Publications](/source/SAGE_Publications)
| country = 
| language = English, French
| frequency = Quarterly
| history = 1953-present
| openaccess = 
| license = 
| impact = 0.625
| impact-year = 2019
| website = http://scp.sagepub.com/
| link1 = http://scp.sagepub.com/content/current
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = http://scp.sagepub.com/content/by/year
| link2-name = Online archive
| JSTOR = 
| OCLC = 42208179
| LCCN = 67122874
| CODEN = 
| ISSN = 0037-7686
| eISSN = 1461-7404
}}
'''''Social Compass''''' is a [peer-reviewed](/source/Peer_review) [academic journal](/source/academic_journal) that covers research in the field of [sociology of religion](/source/sociology_of_religion). The journal's co-directors are Olivier Servais ([University of Louvain](/source/Universit%C3%A9_catholique_de_Louvain)) and Frédéric Laugrand ([University of Louvain](/source/Universit%C3%A9_catholique_de_Louvain)). The current Editor is Carolina Sappia ([University of Louvain](/source/Universit%C3%A9_catholique_de_Louvain)) and the journal is published by [SAGE Publications](/source/SAGE_Publications).

It was established in 1953 and published in the Netherlands until coming to be administered by the Catholic organization of FERES (''Fédération Internationale des Instituts Catholiques de Recherches socio-religieuses'') in the early 1960s,<ref name=Persee>{{cite journal|last=Maître|first=J.|title=VIe Conférence internationale de sociologie religieuse (Bologne, 3-6 sept. 1959)|journal=Revue française de sociologie|year=1960|volume=1|issue=1–2|pages=222–223|url=http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rfsoc_0035-2969_1960_num_1_2_1790|accessdate=1 February 2012}}</ref> currently the [International Federation of Institutes for Social & Socio-Religious Research](/source/International_Federation_of_Institutes_for_Social_%26_Socio-Religious_Research).

== Abstracting and indexing ==
''Social Compass'' is abstracted and indexed in [Scopus](/source/Scopus) and the [Social Sciences Citation Index](/source/Social_Sciences_Citation_Index).<ref name="MIAR">{{cite MIAR|title=Social Compass|issn=1461-7404|access-date=2025-11-21}}</ref> According to the most recent ''[Journal Citation Reports](/source/Journal_Citation_Reports)'', it is ranked 118 out of 148 in Sociology and has a 2-year Impact Factor of 0.625. Its 5-year Impact Factor is 0.870 and it is ranked 110 out of 148 in Sociology. According to [SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)](/source/SCImago_Journal_Rank) in 2019, the journal was ranked 13 out of 490 in Religious Studies.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Social Comapss- SJR Ranking Information|url=https://www.scimagojr.com/journalsearch.php?q=17507&tip=sid|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=June 11, 2020|website=}}</ref>

Total citations made in the JCR year to content published in a journal in the prior five years are divided by the number of articles and reviews published by the journal in the prior five years.<ref name="WoS">{{cite book |year=2011 |chapter=Journals Ranked by Impact: Sociology |title=2010 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[Thomson Reuters](/source/Thomson_Reuters) |edition=Social Sciences |work=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}</ref>

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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://scp.sagepub.com/}}

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